We are collecting money to buy our own carpet washing machine as waqf [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waqf] dedicated to all the houses of Allah in Edinburgh (And beyond if needed).

As some brothers regularly spend to clean the carpet in Central and other masajid before Ramadhan and Eid on regular basis (Costing around £600 for professional cleaning) we thought it would make more sense to buy a commercial machine and use that to clean the houses of Allah.

The total cost including soap is around £1,600. We have collected 25% in the last 2 days with more promised.

There is great ajr in cleaning the houses of Allah with continuous reward from every use.

Allah SWT has ordered Ibrahim PBUH and Ismael PBUH to purify His house, we are simply following in their footsteps.

Prophet Mohammed PBUH said:

When the son of Adam dies, his deeds are stopped with the exception of 3, a sadaqa that is continuous (and continuing to work after his death), knowledge that is useful and a good offsrping (Son or daughter) doing duaa for him. Sahih Tirmithi 1376

If you want to get involved, you can give whatever you can (I would say as little as £1 but it’s easier to deal with notes so minimum £5 would be ideal). You can also help with the collection.

How to get the money across

Cash is ideal as it is easy to track how much has been collected and is not subject to promises (I’ll pay you next week).
Get in touch with Subhi on 07720 441386 or subhi@subhi.com

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If you wish to help with the cleaning, please do get in touch indicating you want to be kept up to date with the cleaning schedule.

Frequently asked questions

What will happen when you reach the target of £1600?

Collection will stop. If there is a small amount over the target, 2 additional things will be purchased (10m extension reel and 1L spray bottle for concentrated carpet cleaning solution for tough stains), any remaining money will be split 50/50 between Central mosque and Iqra for doing up the bathrooms.

Why haven’t you using gofundme or equivalent online donation websites?

These websites charge commission around 1.5-2% mark, this means we’d need to collect an additional money to cover their costs.

When do you want this done?

Before 10th of Shaaban / 10th June.

We meed the machine to be onsite within the next 2 weeks to give us 2 weeks to clean all the masajid in Edinburgh before Ramadhan

Where will the machine be stored?

We are looking to have it stored in Central Mosque but with availability to all masajid in Edinburgh on request, there will also be a written inheritance plan (which masjid will the machine be stored in) if Central Mosque cannot store the machine in the future.

Why not buy a cheaper machine and use that ?

The sizes of prayer halls we are talking about are huge (3 floors in Central, 2 floors in Iqra, similar with Blackhall and Annandale) and domestic machines are not up to the job, the water tank is quiet small (Around 4L), secondly the speed of which they clean the carpet at will be too slow to make us complete the job in a reasonable amount of time. Saying that, if someone knows of a better machine than the one that is being decided on, please do get in touch.

In Islam, Men are ordered to preserve their beards and the current trend of having beards we’ve been following for over 1400 years as it is the order of God and the way of the Prophets Peace and blessings be upon them.

So if beards harbour bacteria then what ?

As Muslims, we are ordered to pray, 5 times a day, part of the preparation of prayer is that we have to purify ourselves by using water to washing our hands, arms to the elbow, head and feet, this also happens 5 times a day. This is called Wudu’ وضوء, meaning to illuminate/shine/brighten.

The best wudu is the one that is performed by washing each part 3 times (Except the top of the head), in wudu the beard is washed with the water reaching the roots of the hair, so taking all of that stuff into account. A Muslim man washes his beard 15 times per day as part of his preparation for prayer.

I’ve seen people not wash their hands after using the toilet, we Muslims wash ourselves 15 times per day!

Something to think about, God’s religion is perfect, men usually mess up perfect by adding to it.

A question often asked on forums on the internet with no clear answer. An example of those is “I got a quote for £4500!!!! is that expensive??”

A typical answer would be, how much work is involved, which doesn’t really answer the question.

I have attempted to work out how much refurbishing my bathroom at home will cost. I wanted expensive stuff. Grohe or Hansgrohe taps, concealed units and all sorts of stuff. If you don’t know what a concealed unit is, I will answer it later in this post.

The plan of attack:

Know what you’re dealing with. Bathrooms are the most expensive rooms in the house per square foot/meter. FACT!

Get a measuring tape and start drawing a plan of your bathroom.

This is what I came up with.

Plain floor plan

Width (M)

Depth (M)

Height (M)

Area (SQM)

Floor

2

2.25

4.50

Walls 1

2

2.6

10.40

Walls 2

2.25

2.6

11.70

I wanted floor to ceiling tiles for that luxury look and feel. This gives me an idea of how much tiles I will need.

Next, I discounted the areas that will not be needed to be tiled. This included the door, the window, the area behind the bath tub.

Width (M)

Depth (M)

Height (M)

Area (SQM)

Discounted areas

Door

0.91

2

1.82

Window

0.8

1.25

1.00

Bath tub

Wall discount 1

1.7

0.51

0.87

Wall discount 2

0.7

0.51

0.36

Floor discount

1.7

0.7

1.19

The bathtub calculations may seem a little bit odd, but my bathtub is connected to the wall at 2 points in a corner so there is 2 wall areas to discount in addition to the floor tiles I will not need to cover.

Next I worked out the totals I need, I also included an extra margin for tiles breakage, areas I needed to cover but forgot to calculate etc. The last thing you want is to go back to the tiles shop to find that they’re sold out of the tiles you need!

Actual

With margin

Net Floor

3.31

5

Net Walls

18.06

20

Now I worked out the costs of the tiles, I assumed that I will pay £20 per square meter.

Actual SQM

With margin SQM

Actual

with Margin

Net Floor

3.31

5

@ 20 sqm

£66.20

£100.00

Net Walls

18.06

20

@ 20 sqm

£361.12

£400.00

Now we have something to work with.

from this we can work out the grout and adhesive we need and plywood required for the floor.

Tiles

£500.00

Adhesive / £13 per 8sqm

£40.63

Plywood

£50.00

Other bits and pieces

£150.00

£740.63

Now keep in mind, this is tiling only! Now we need the bathroom furniture (Toilet, bathtub, taps etc)

I got a quote from a local supplier for £1100 for all the furniture, this can vary depending on what you want etc. I wanted German solid taps like the ones you get in airports and posh hotels, quality costs money!

This is the situation so far:

Tiles etc

£740.63

Bathroom furniture

£1,100.00

Total

£1,840.63

No workmanship!

Now I need to decide which bits need a plumber and which bits I can do myself!

Hope this has been helpful to someone. Attached is the Excel spreadsheet I have used to work this out.

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